City Councilmember Arjun Batra, left, is facing off against corporate attorney George Casey to represent San Jose’s District 10.The future makeup of the San Jose City Council remains in flux as two business and two labor backed candidates have jumped out to preliminary leads in the four competitive races after the release of the first batch of results Tuesday evening.
Meanwhile in District 6, former mayoral candidate and Mahan-ally Michael Mulcahy has taken a slight lead over Olivia Navarro in a race for a new representative on the Council. Candelas has served as District 8’s representative since 2023, when the City Council appointed him to the position over Evergreen School District Board Trustee President Patricia Andrade, city analyst Salvador Alvarez, software manager Sukhdev Singh Bainiwal, and his opponent in 2024, Truong.
In the March primary, corporate attorney Casey held a 451-vote advantage over Batra among voters, and both men advanced to the general election over labor-backed candidate Lenka Wright. The Santa Clara County Democratic Party, which endorsed Wright, also issued a resolution in October opposing Casey’s candidacy over his principles, including his opposition to the size of the raises received by city workers, which Casey said could lead to future deficits.
Lopez, a retired 35-year veteran of the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office backed by Mahan and business interests, and Campos, a labor-supported policy officer at the Low Income Investment Fund, faced off to replace outgoing District 2 Councilmember Sergio Jimenez, who has termed out.